Custom, contestation and co-operation

Peace and justice promotion in Somaliland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5680947
AutoresLouise Wiuff Moe (0000-0002-3088-7082, Peace Research Institute Oslo, autor de correspondencia), Maria Vargas Simojoki (Danish Refugee Council)
Año2013
Volumen13
Número4
Páginas393-416
Fecha de publicación2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaConflict Security and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14678802.2013.834115
OpenAlexW2024802967
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas9

This article explores alternatives to prevailing state-centric and legalistic approaches to supporting local security and access to justice. It does so through a case study of an initiative developed by an international NGO in partnership with a group of traditional authorities in Somaliland. The initiative aimed at enhancing local security and access to justice, drawing on customary conflict resolution mechanisms and everyday strategies of self-securing. At the same time, the initiative was shaped by international input and liberal notions of human rights and human security. This approach entailed a renegotiation of both local ordering and international discourse. Drawing on our fieldwork, we examine the initiative as it has evolved since 2003, and discuss what it suggests in terms of prospects for international support to 'non-state' actors. In particular, the article draws attention to the potential of working with everyday local practices to enable social change rather than focusing narrowly on reforming legal systems (whether state or customary)

Comparative law · Economic Justice · Epistemology · General partnership · Human rights · Human security · International law · Law and economics · Legal pluralism · Legal realism · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Sociology · Transitional justice · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration